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Doc Cheatham sits on a chair and plays his trumpet pointing towards the ceiling. He wears black-rimmed glasses, a multi-colored bowtie, a dark blue suit jacket with red pocket square, a black button-down dress shirt, and a trumpet pin. A microphone on a stand with yellow tape wrapped around the end is in front of him. Behind him to the left, pianist Chuck Folds (1938-2022) plays on a black grand piano. Behind the piano on a wood-panelled wall is the 1958 "A Great Day in Harlem" photograph by Art Kane. Folds wears a checkered tie, button-down shirt, and black blazer. On the piano is a dark orange plunger mute. Another microphone is pointed towards the inside of the piano. To the left in front of Cheatham is Al Grey (1925-2000), wearing a striped shirt, blue jacket, and white bucket hat and playing a bass trumpet. Behind Grey is Earl May (1927-2008) playing a bass.
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Title:
Doc Cheatham, Chuck Folds, Al Grey, and Earl May play at Cheatham's 90th birthday celebration
Date Created:
13 June 1995
Description:
Doc Cheatham sits on a chair and plays his trumpet pointing towards the ceiling. He wears black-rimmed glasses, a multi-colored bowtie, a dark blue suit jacket with red pocket square, a black button-down dress shirt, and a trumpet pin. A microphone on a stand with yellow tape wrapped around the end is in front of him. Behind him to the left, pianist Chuck Folds (1938-2022) plays on a black grand piano. Behind the piano on a wood-panelled wall is the 1958 "A Great Day in Harlem" photograph by Art Kane. Folds wears a checkered tie, button-down shirt, and black blazer. On the piano is a dark orange plunger mute. Another microphone is pointed towards the inside of the piano. To the left in front of Cheatham is Al Grey (1925-2000), wearing a striped shirt, blue jacket, and white bucket hat and playing a bass trumpet. Behind Grey is Earl May (1927-2008) playing a bass.
Subjects:
sweet basil 90th birthday party new york greenwich village trumpet jazz musician piano a great day in harlem
Musicians:
Chuck Folds Al Greyl Earl May
Location:
Sweet Basil, Greenwich Village, New York City, New York
Latitude:
40.73268676
Longitude:
-74.0036398
Source:
Doc Cheatham Papers, 1892-1995, IJC MG 8, University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives
Source Identifier:
ijcmg008_b001_f006-028
Type:
Image;StillImage
Format:
image/jpeg

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"Doc Cheatham, Chuck Folds, Al Grey, and Earl May play at Cheatham's 90th birthday celebration", Doc Cheatham Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/cheatham/items/cheatham030.html
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